The event will consist of three tracks: INFRASTRUCTURE - Learn about the latest in energy efficient building, design and “Clean” technology products, services and trends. OPERATIONS - Engage your employees, reduce your waste and cut your energy bills by operating in a more efficient and sustainable manner. COMMUNICATIONS - Tell your green story to the world! Authentic green communications will build your brand loyalty and make you the vendor and employer of choice.
Business
Featured Member Benefit
Preferred rates of 1.69%* for Visa and Mastercard and $0.07 / debit card transaction. more.
Featured Member
Steam Whistle Brewing selected as one of Canada's Greenest Employers (2010). The brewery's signature beer bottles are not only green in colour but are made with 30 percent more glass ... more.
Featured B2B Discount
Green Leaf Pest Control: GEO members receive a 10% discount, plus a free audit of your current pest control program. more
Newswire
Energy: Globe and Mail - Green electricity reaches 'clear tipping point'. More invested for second year in a row in renewable power generation in U.S., Europe ... more. Building and Construction: Rating System for Shoreline Development on Its Way. An environmental rating system for shoreline developments created by ... more. Transportation: Ontario Ministry of Transportation rolls out Green Pave system for pilot test. A points-based rating system called Green Pave for environmentally-friendly elements ...more. Food: NOW Magazine: T.O. game changers. In a city bursting with eco efforts, it can be hard to pick out the best. Here are four new schemes ...more .
Lifestyle
Buy Green
Looking for a sustainable product, service or organization? Check out our GEO business directory. more.
Featured Discount
Bleeding Heart Communications: Visitors to the GEO site can benefit from a 5% discount. more.
Product review
Ecostems - A Toxin Free Bouquet. There is no better hallmark of nature's rebirth than a harvest of fresh flowers. Truth is, most fragrant bouquets bought here in Canada don't make the eco-cut. more.
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Good: (Tree Hugger) New wine in old bottles: The greenest way to drink. Whenever there is a discussion about wine packaging, TreeHugger comes down on the side of local and refillable. We return often to TreeHugger Emeritus Ruben Anderson's article in the Tyee: New Wine in Old Bottles, where he notes that in France, wine bottles are refilled an average of eight times. Now they even have computerized wine dispensers where you can fill your own jugs with vin de table for about two bucks a litre.more. Bad: The cotton industry clothes us at a huge cost to the environment. Pesticide and herbicides are used in astronomical levels, as is water and land. In recent years, some cotton producers have switched to organic growing methods that provide a more earth friendly cotton product alternative. more. Ugly: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has said that genetically engineered (GE) salmon is safe for human consumption in documents released ahead of a public meeting on the issue due later this month. more.
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